Tuesday, March 3, 2009

KINATONIC Ingredient Series 1 - Ecklonia Radiata Seaweed

Selected as a prime Kinatonic ingredient due to its deep rooting growth habit thereby extracting minerals and elements from the rocks it inhabits to a larger degree than other seaweeds found here at Waimarama.

So thats why we use this precious plant .... and here's when and how ...

Timing: We only harvest 'Stormthrown' seaweed. We live here in Waimarama and are highly conscious of our enviornment ....... as E.Radiata appears on the shore , we 'swoop' to gather what we need for Kinatonic , this may only happen 4 or 5 times a year after large Easterly storms with swell sets of 4 metres or more. Typically what we take is well less than 1% of what has been deposited on the shore from any one storm.

Collection: Kinatonic staff and friends drive carefully along the lowtide line gathering E.Radiata .. first 'rinsing' it in the sea to liberate any micro orgs that have made the plant home whilst on the beach , then load it onto to a trailer for immediate processing or drying for later use.